| On The Silver Globe DVD (1987)
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Halted while in production by the Polish government, and finally edited years later, this frightening science fiction parable offers an unsettling take on humanity. It all starts when a group of space colonists land on the moon to start a new life. But as the adults pass away, their children form a strange new civilization, with disturbing customs. Years later, when a politician from Earth arrives, he finds a world he is totally unprepared for.
Controversial director Andrzej Zulawski is Poland's wildest artist-outlaw, and his cranked-up genre films are as notorious as they are remarkable. ON THE SILVER GLOBE, a science fiction epic that was banned by authorities before completed, remains his best-known and least-seen work.In this disturbing glimpse into the future, a group of space pioneers crash-land on the Moon, where they begin a colony. All of the adults die off save one, who becomes known as the Old Man. The children revert to a primitive lifestyle, creating their own myths, deities, and social classes. Years later, a space bureaucrat from Earth arrives on the scene and is hailed as their great messiah. ... |
| Devil DVD (1972)
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski. Directed by Andrzej Zulawski, this brutally violent period drama is set in 1793 Poland as the Prussian army invades the country. After conspiring against the king, Jakub is about to be sent to prison when a stranger helps him to escape in exchange for the names of his accomplices. After Jakub travels around the desolate countryside and witnesses countless war atrocities, he arrives home to find his father dead and his mother living as a prostitute. Unable to cope, the young man becomes unhinged and goes on a monstrous killing spree.
A political allegory wrapped in the guise of a gory horror film, Andrzej Zulawski's THE DEVIL did not escape the wrath of communist censorship. ... |
